Bissell Rewind Clearview (trash find)

[ladydobermann]

Hi all! My name's Sammy. I got into vacuums somewhat recently. Today, I want to talk to you about my first find from last year!

Sadly, I didn't take a photo of it when I picked it up. It was outside a pet store in southwest Marshfield, Wisconsin. Here's a picture of when it got home:

 

[ladydobermann]

Here are some pictures I took more recently. I would have written a separate post in this thread for them - but I had internet problems and by the time I got them resolved it was 5 AM, haha.

The brush rolls look a bit dirty and scuffed but look decent to my untrained eye.

The Rewind feature is one of those features that I didn't even know I wanted - it's not worth switching it to my main vacuum but it's cool and unusual.

I'll be posting one of my finds once a month. Keep an eye peeled for more wacky and uncharacteristic finds from me! <3

 

[madman]

Basically the same as my mom's vac, minus the cord winder. It's ok, I'm not terribly fond of the filter setup. And hers has been through three brushrolls. The ball bearings in it go dry, heat up, and melt the plastic roll. Fun. At least replacements are easy to find. I also found a similar one in the trash. It's now one of the vacs I keep at the shop for cleaning cars and such. Not bad at all when the price is $0.

 

[lesinutah]

Um

The smallest motor trying to produce lots of power. I'm far from a fan the motors burn up quick.

 

[thevacuumbarn]

Understandable

I’m not a fan of the tiny screamer motor in a full-sized upright either. Hoover did that with one of their twin chamber bagless uprights Way back when, and it didn’t work out so well. The machine died in less-than 5 years. I believe it was a model U900 series machine, and when that motor died, it died ugly! I wish I had recorded a sound sample of it to show you; it was that bad. Now, Shark does that with all their full-sized uprights, which is part of the reason they don’t deep clean, and also why their motors wear out within 3 years, if you’re lucky and you take perfect care of the machine, that is. I parted out a Shark NV355 a while back, and I was shocked when I saw how small the motor was, and how tiny the fan Aperture was. That size motor belongs in a stick vac, not in a full-sized upright.

 

[huskyvacs]

These use Suzhou motors it looks like from digging through parts diagrams.

These vacuums are made to fill and made to sell particular price points in a company's lineup (if you notice with Dirt Devil's line the vacuums get better and better for each $10-$15 increment), so you won't be getting a gold bar for the price of coal dust. The people they buy them aren't going to be your nan that takes the utmost care of a vacuum cleaner either. It's mostly people that have never even used a vacuum cleaner of their own before, or they have no idea how to use one other than slamming it around the floor and then when it clogs up or the belt snaps it gets chucked in the trash and they buy another one.

My last Bissell I got out of the trash had been suffocated in dryer lint. Someone used one of those cleaner tool things for your dryer with it and it looks like they hoovered their entire dryer line out until the vacuum got clogged up with mucky damp lint. I have no idea how it didn't catch on fire. The vacuum itself has great reviews though and was barely 2 years old when I got it.

 

[ladydobermann]

Something I forgot to mention - it still works! Not sure how well since I don't have a rug I can plop out on the patio to test it. My housemate won't let me take my vacuums inside until I clean them out anyway.

 

[fanofvacuums2]

It has been a while since I have worked on one of these. I recall the motors being somewhat annoying to rebuild. After a few years of importing relabeled machines, Bissell began putting the manufacturer of the unit in the serial number of each machine. Judging by the "S" at the end of the serial number on yours, it was manufactured by Samsung. That is further supported by the fact that it was made in Korea as Samsung is a Korean company. Examples of other common codes that you may see would be "E" which stands for EUP, "KCA" which stands for KingClean, "MDA" which stands for Midea, and so forth. The one you have would not have the motor that was pictured by somebody else since that one was out of a machine that was manufactured by EUP, but rather a similar looking motor with a more rudimentary fan design. The Suzhou Industrial Park is simply where the company is located, not the true name of the company. Putting the area in the name of the company is a common practice there. For example, SIP Cinderson Motor Company is a known manufacturer of motors that are used in many machines ranging from most Kenmores to the beloved ZeroG canister. "SIP" obviously stands for Suzhou Industrial Park. There are so many more examples that I could list. Anyway, the EUP motors are actually more efficient due to tighter clearances and better contouring and, therefore, they were able to lower the current draw over time. They manufacture one of the better Chinese motors that I have rebuilt and I have rebuilt a lot of various brands.

Good luck with cleaning that thing and have fun with it!

 

[ladydobermann]

Thanks for the info, John!